A Werewolf Boy poster

A Werewolf Boy

늑대소년
2012South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Jo Sung-hee7.7
Available in English: subtitled

An unexpected phone call brings an elderly woman to her childhood country cottage, and memories of an orphan boy she knew 47 years ago come flooding back to her.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholicwarmhauntinghopeful
Pacing
slow burndreamlikeescalating
Story
reunionsurvivaljourney
Emotion
longingall-consuming loveloss of innocencegriefbelonging
Themes
family wounds passed downfamily dutyclass and money
Feel
emotionally wreckingquietly hauntingcatharticcrowd pleaser
Violence
moderate

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